Teens

TEEN EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE

ONGOING TEEN EVENTS

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Featured Programs

Visual Arts Workshop

December Visual Arts Workshops

Join our TECH Lab Artist-in-Residence Megan Stacey and guest artists for a series of virtual workshops! You’ll complete a hands-on activity during each session and have the opportunity to share your work online! 

Dec 7: Intro to Weaving: Make your own cardboard loom! With visiting textile artist Maddie Osborne (she/her).

Dec 8: Intro to Printmaking: Make your own stamps out of household objects with visiting printmaker Ruby Sgueglia (they/them).

Dec 14: Intro to Character Design: Draw and create your own characters, or learn how to improve your fan art with visiting illustrator Liv Rouse (they/them).

Dec 18: The Art of The Doodle: how to turn any shape or line into a fully formed illustration with cartoonist Mitch Angelo (he/him).

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Meet Our Workshop Educators

Megan StaceyARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Megan Stacey (she/her) is a director, performer, and media artist from Lake George, NY. She is a graduate of both the New Media and Theatre and Performance departments at Purchase College. She specializes in devised, immersive, and transmedia performance. She is a professional musician, coordinator, educator, and all-around conduit of fun.

Maddie Osborne

Maddie Osborne (she/her) has a BFA in Visual Arts (Interdisciplinary) with a focus in Painting and Printmaking from SUNY Purchase College. Maddie loves textiles and fibers, and loves to make functional objects that are beautiful. She hopes to continue telling stories of childhood, memory, loss and love for as long as possible. She hopes to share this passion with children of all ages by becoming an art teacher! Meet Maddie on Dec. 7 for an Into to Weaving!

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Ruby Sgueglia is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator currently residing in Putnam Valley, New York. They graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design in 2020. Having lived up and down the Hudson River for their entire life, Ruby has developed a visual language that honors the contemporary, diverse, and cutting edge art culture of the city that trained them and the rural landscape of the towns that raised them. Meet Ruby Dec. 8 for an Intro to Printmaking!

Live Rouse Writing workshopLiv Rouse (they/them) is a multimedia creator with a Visual Arts and Psychology degree from Purchase College. Their artistic efforts focus primarily on illustration, painting, and the creation of handheld objects, all of which approach the Big Scaries (that we all have but in different ways) with humor and love. Meet Liv Dec. 14 for an Intro to Character Design! 

Mitchell AngeloMitchell Angelo (he/him) is a recent graduate of the SUNY Purchase Lilly Lieb Port Creative Writing Program, and the former Managing Editor of Gutter Mag. His microwave is haunted. His previous publications include Gandy Dancer, The Westchester Review, & Silver Needle Press. Meet Mitchell Dec. 18 to explore The Art of the Doodle! 

 

Virtual Screening and Discussion

December 22, 2020 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
TEENAGERS can join Billings Public Library's Teen Services for a virtual screening and discussion of the short film, PURPLE.

Did you know a study found 1 in 6 Americans stopped speaking to a family member or close friend after the 2016 election? We're hosting a screening of a new film from @ResettingtheTable that captures the concerns and humanity beneath our national conflicts.

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FILM SYNOPSIS
PURPLE tells the story of everyday Americans with opposing viewpoints addressing their differences head-on and discovering the concerns and humanity that lie behind each other’s positions. Designed to build greater empathy and recognition in the face of deepening U.S. divides, PURPLE models a rare conversation that uplifts and inspires even while going toward the heat of passionate political differences.

The film takes place in rural Wisconsin and Iowa, two swing states where “red” and “blue” still live in the same neighborhoods and where many people feel unrepresented by the two-party system. This politically pivotal region was home to the greatest concentration of counties that flipped Obama-to-Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Teen Take-Away Kits

  • Make Your Own Magnetic Poetry - This kit provides magnetic tape, blank cardstock, a sample poem (or two), and guidance for creating your own set of words. Use these words to make endless poems!
  • Low-Tech Pixel Art- Create your own pixel art designs without a computer! Each kit includes graph paper, paper squares, colored pencils, a glue stick and sample images!  
  • Fresco Ornament- Create your own portable fresco with the items in this kit! Use the instructions to turn your creation into a holiday ornament! 

Kits can be picked up from our curbside service on a first-come, first-served basis.


Teen Take Away Kits

Teen Advisory Group

Entertainment Review

A Blog Written By Teens, For Teens


TEENS 13-19 years old: 

Join the Teen Advisory Group and establish a For Teens, By Teens Entertainment Review of books, movies, video games, music, and more! Share your recommendations for what other teens should, or should not, read, watch, or play next. This blog will be housed on the Billings Public Library website. Staff members will guide and support teens as they develop their own reviews. TAG meetings will be held virtually based on availability of members.

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Looking for a good book?


Check out these great reads.

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Is there a teen title you would like to see in the Library's collection? Submit your suggestion online.

TEEN BOOK GROUP

Reading and Discussions For Teens


Our Teen Book Group resumes virtually! What book do you want to read next? Email Vanessa at justicev@billingsmt.gov to suggest a book to read and to discuss as a group. 


Physical copies of books may be available, or read an Ebook through Billings Public Library’s FREE digital resource, Freading.


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Test Prep E-Books

Getting ready to take the SAT or GRE? Just need some extra help with geometry? Want to be a firefighter or police officer? Then check out the library's new collection of digital reference books for test prep and study help! All of the titles are free to access and download. All you need is a library card! See our selection, and get studying.

Volunteering at the Library

Are you looking for ways to spend your free time? The TECH Lab is looking for 16-18 year old teenagers to help lead and mentor younger teens in the lab during open hours. Volunteers need to be interested in technology, willing to teach and learn alongside other teens, and be in the lab for a minimum of 4 hours per week. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience, or just give back to your community! Submit an online application.

TEEN SPOTLIGHT:

Read Megan Bingham's poem, "Hope," winner of Billings Public Library's Creative Writing Competition!

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Teen Spotlight:

View photographs taken by two talented teens who participated in our Cellphone Photography workshop series! Thanks Adisyn Gamble and Dayna Otis!


Local Teen Interviews Architect of Billings Public Library

Katelyn Bauer interviewed Will Bruder, the architect for the new Billings Public Library building,
and used the TECH Lab equipment to edit the video together. Way to go Katelyn!